Wyndham Clark almost blew up his six stroke lead at the US Open golf championships but managed to hold on to claim the title by a solitary stroke over a charging Sam Burns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two crucial putts from just outside 50 feet for par gave him a 3-over 73 and a one-shot victory over Burns. Clark, who won the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, became the first wire-to-wire winner of the US Open since Martin Kaymer at Pinehurst No. 2 in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a while, it looked like Clark had completely lost the chance of claiming the title. His lead was down to a single shot after just five holes and he had to battle not only the chasing field but also his fractured confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clark dug himself out of a disaster on the par-5 16th. He gouged that out and narrowly cleared a bunker. His 8-iron barely stayed on the back of the green. And he rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt that gave him a two-shot lead with two holes to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clark had the highest final round of a U.S. Open champion since Graeme McDowell closed with a 74 to win at Pebble Beach. He finished at 4-under 276.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Burns closed with a 67, his second chance in as many years to win the US Open. He missed two birdie chances on the final two holes, but what hurt just as much was a three-putt bogey on the 15th when he was trying to catch Clark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grand Slam chasing Scottie Scheffler, in his first try to get the only major he hasn’t won, was three shots back when he rammed a 30-foot birdie putt some 6 feet on the 14th and three-putted for bogey and a 71.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tom Kim, who, like Scheffler, celebrated a birthday on Sunday, was on the fringes of seriously contending until he fell back with a bogey on the 17th and shot 70 to finish third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rory McIlroy finished T32 with his bid to become seventh player to win the Masters and US Open in same year up in the smokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Final-Round Leaderboard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Wyndham Clark almost blew up his six stroke lead at the US Open golf championships but managed to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-14107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-golf"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tPos.<\/strong><\/td> Player<\/strong><\/td> R1<\/strong><\/td> R2<\/strong><\/td> R3<\/strong><\/td> R4<\/strong><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/td> Wyndham Clark<\/td> 64<\/td> 69<\/td> 70<\/td> 73<\/td> 276 (-4)<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Sam Burns<\/td> 71<\/td> 68<\/td> 71<\/td> 67<\/td> 277 (-3)<\/td><\/tr> 3<\/td> Tom Kim<\/td> 70<\/td> 67<\/td> 72<\/td> 70<\/td> 279 (-1)<\/td><\/tr> T4<\/td> J.T. Poston<\/td> 71<\/td> 71<\/td> 71<\/td> 67<\/td> 280 (Even)<\/td><\/tr> T4<\/td> Keith Mitchell<\/td> 70<\/td> 70<\/td> 70<\/td> 70<\/td> 280 (Even)<\/td><\/tr> T4<\/td> Scottie Scheffler<\/td> 72<\/td> 68<\/td> 69<\/td> 71<\/td> 280 (Even)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"